Garter



R. A. MOORE.

GARTER.

APPLICATION man JUNE 3. 192|.

Patented Feb. 21, 1922.

RSWELL A. MQORE, OF WTLRB'RY, GGNNECTCUT, SSG'OR TO GEORGE FROST COM'PEANY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

lil-ARTER.

Be it lrnown that I, RoswnLL A. Moons, a citizen of the United States, residing in lVaterbury, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Garters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to gentlemens garters of the kind commonly called pad garters in which the stocking-engaging clasp members are connected with the ieg-band by a clasp-suspending device secured to a pad arranged between the ends of the leg-band.

ln such garters onek end of the leg-band is permanently secured to one side of the pad while the other end ofthe band is detachably connected therewith by a hcolr-andeye fastening, the eye being` attached to a tab projecting from the pad and the hook being connected with a loop in the band provided with a sliding take-up device by means of whichi the length of the leg-band maybe adjusted.

The object of my invention is to provide means for connecting` the eye member of the fastening to the pad in such manner that it is not apt to slip and maybe held in place without stitching. My invention is particularly applicable to garters in which the legband is made wider th-an'those commonly employed.

According to my? invention l provide a new form of eye which may be connected with the pad without being stitched thereto V and yet without danger of slipping out of place. Y

My improvements are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of. a pad garter with my improvements applied.

Figure 2 is a view on an enlarged scale, illustrating the manner in `which the eye member is applied. h

Figure 3 shows a section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2 and illustrates how the fabric of the tab is connected with the eye.

Figure t is perspective view of the improved eye.

ln the drawings A indicates the pad, B the leg-band and C a stocldn'g-engaging member or clasp suspended from the pad. @ne end of the leg-band is permanently connected with the pad at a in the usual way. rihe opposite end of the band is looped, as indicated at 7), and provided. with a slide Yspesficattm of Lehel-gramm. Patent-.ed Feb, 21, 1922.

1921. Serial No. 474,601.

A hoolr member F is connected with the loop and is adapted to engage the eye member G. This eye member vis attached to a fabric tab H stitchedV to the pad A, in the manner indicated in Fig. 3. yThis tab is in the form of a loop, as shown most clearly in Fig. 3.

The eye member G comprises a frame consisting of relatively long frame bars g, g and relatively short end bars g2, g3 which are connected by al cross-piece L formed mid-way between its opposite ends with an eye Z. The frame bar g is formed with a series of teeth a2 which project laterally from the Outside thereof. It will be observed by reference to Fig. 3 and also to F ig. 1i, that the eye member as a whole is slightly dished or concaved and that the eye Z project-s from the frame in such manner as to readily engage the hoolr. The eye member is connected with the tab by carrying the material around the frame bar g, then through the space between the bar g and the cross-piece L, then under the cross-piece L and over the frame bar g. The two ends of the tab are connected with each other and with the' pad. Experience has demonstrated that this form of eye and this manner of connecting it with thetab is most efficient as the eye member can in this way be quickly` attached to the tab without stitching and the teeth so engage the tab that there is no danger of l the fabric slipping on the frame. 'While this device is particularly useful when applied to wide leg-bands, it may also be used in leg-bands of other kinds. Y'

l claim as my invention:

l. An eyemember of a hoolcand-eye fastener, consisting of a frame having front and rear frame bars connected by end bars which are in turn connected by a cross-piece formed. with an eye, one of said longer frame ba'rsbeing formed on its outer edge with teeth adapted to engage a fabric.

2. An eye member of a lioolr-and-eye fastening, comprising a dished or concaved frame, consisting of relatively long front and rear frame bars connected by relatively shortV end bars which are in turn connected by a cross-piece provided'with an outwardly projecting eye, one of said longer frame bars being` formed on its outer edge with a seA ries of teeth adapted to engage a fabric.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name. 

